By Kemi Olatunde | Executive Secretary, Ondo State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Francis Akanbiemu has disclosed that the board is set to reduce child morbidity rate by giving priority to the prevention of childhood death from avoidable condition. This according to him will enable the state have a robust health sector. He disclosed this while […]
By Kayode Crown | A church leader has observed that prayer, alone cannot solve the problem of poverty in Nigeria, stressing that taking right actions is very crucial. Speaking yesterday during the first Sunday service of the year at the church premises of the Grace Global Outreach Church in Ijapo Estate, Akure, Ondo State capital, […]
By Sade Adewale, Ondo | An Ondo Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 36-year-old van driver, Benson Egbai, in Shegede prison, Ondo town over the death of a 21-year-old student, Hafiz Aremu. The Hope Metro gathered that Egbai, was the driver of a Nissan patrol towing van with number plate Lagos KTU […]
From Ayo Olowu, Osogbo | Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State, has announced the expulsion of 29 students from the institution. The university also placed 26 others on indefinite suspension, according to a statement signed by the institution’s Registrar, Dr Kayode Ogunleye. The statement, published on January 3 on the school’s website, contained the names […]
By Sade Adewale,Ondo | A 39-year-old cocoa farmer, Kole Jubril, has been dragged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N322,000 from a trader, under false pretence of supplying him cocoa beans. The police brought Jubril before the court on Tuesday for allegedly collecting the money from one […]
From Ayo Olowu, Osogbo | The Osun State Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the weekend paraded a 62 – year old man, one Festus Adelabu who allegedly had been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of helping them to secure enlistment into the service. The suspect, while allegedly […]
ONE issue that concerns every Nigerian today is insecurity and Ondo State is not immuned from this malaise. THE three senatorial districts of the state are bearing the brunt of incessant strikes by the men of the underworld thereby threatening its peace. In the northern senatorial district for example, the Owo-Ikare road has become a […]
Tola Gbadamosi | Cultural disparity between two major ethnic groups in the country may keep a murder suspect in Akure, Ondo State behind bars for a long time, The Hope Metro investigation has revealed. Already, the murder suspect, Mr Saliu Ladayo 24, is rotting in jail at Olokuta prison for not honoring a deal to […]
By Bisi Olominu | The fragile Nigeria economy will be under a great threat once again from January 8,2019 as the Nigeria Labour Congress and its allied will go on a rally to press home their demand for a new minimum wage of N30,000. The tripartite committee put in place by the federal government had […]
